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nently cured Send 10 cents in stAmps for
large illustrated treatise. suggesting sure
means OF cure. Address Woria's DtspensAEy
Medical Association, coz Main street. Buffalo.
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The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-17

that suit be instituted by the government to
recover the excess as found by them. should
this decision be sustained It viii control in
the adjustment Of all grants of a like char
acter,
The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-17
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TIE president and party .-44.gte " .a4.
ington on Wednesday morning.
Oscar J. Harvey pleaded guilty on Wednes
The Nicodemus enterprise., 1887-08-17

--TEdes &c later state somrner
) eOunierfeis coin canros pasa.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
GARDEN WORK.

" AbA 1913 e -r. -
In the cultivation of garden crops
the hoe and rake should be continually
at work. Weeds should be taken in
hand before they are barely out Of the
seed-leaf and one-half the usual labor
of vegetable gardening will be avoided.
Hoeing or earthing up of most garden
crops is Of immense advantage in nearly
every case. One would suppose that
in our hot climate, flat culture would
be much more beneficial; but a fair
trial, say on every other row of a bed
Of cabbages, will show a great differ
ence in favor Of tho earthed-up
plants.
ne.. GRASSES.
Professor Beal, in Grasses Of North
America says that in this country, as 4
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
Strange Ways OF the Fashionable.


An odious custom is intruding itself
into London society, says 4 CORE
spondent of the London Post. It is
parties for roulette, or rouge ct a1oir.
Ladies' and gentlemen stand around
the green table for hours and play for
money-not for very large, but still
for sufficient amounts. I have tried
one of these evenings, and they are a
kind of entertainment the most hope
lcssly dull and stupid. It is not pleas
ant either to see the fire of excitement
in the eye Of young girls, and to hear
the delight with which they speak OF
their winnings. Finally the dude has
acquired another accomplishment. 1t
is, as you know, quite a thing to play
the banjo, but a gentleman reaches the
highest peak of accomplishment if he
is able to whistle an accompaniment.
There are even teachers who make a
good income by showing how it is
done, and I believe the lesson is not
easily learned. It requires a certain
action of the muscle of the under lip,
such as has to be acquired by cornet-
players. Strange are the ways Of the
fashionable. =
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
Wrong Diagnosis.

A song with the title, "There's a
Sigh in the Heart" was sent by 9
young man to his. sweetheart, but the
paper fell into the hands of the girls
father, a very unsentimental physician
who exclaimed: t'What wretched, un'
scientific rubbish is thisP Who eve1
heard of such a case?" He wrote or
the outside, ':Mistaken diagnosis, nj
sigh in the heart possible. Signs re
late almost entirely to the heart ant
diaphgram!'-Youh's Companion.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
Shoeless Confederate Soldiers.

IF you had been. around just after
the rout at Nashville" said an old SOL
der, yesterday, "you would have
thought there were ten thousand ele.
plants loose in the country. The
ground was covered with snow, and, as
you may imagine, the air was eager and
nipping. The routed confederates put
out down the snow covered pixies, max.
ing for Corinth, and thence to Mobile,
24O miles distant. We were clothed
with nothing but shirts and breeches,
comparatively few owning old hats,
and only here and there a fortunate
with a pair of shoes. The ha|f-starved
and half frozen men wrapped their feet
in old sacks and any sort of rags they
could get. until the tracks they made
were great round holes in the snow like
tracks of elephants. Con. Lowry-God
bless his soul-tried to do something
for us. He had some shoemakers, and
at night would make the soldiers report
at his headquarters, where the shoeshop
would be located. Green hides-not an
hour off the cows backs-were used for
shoemaking A soldier would plant his
foot on the hairy side of the hide, and
the shoemaker would cut out a round
piece of skin, slit it in various directions,
and with a coarse Irvine gather up the
ends and literally sew the foot up in the
raw hide with the hairy side inward.
The shoes were good for about twenty
four hours use, and then they would
draw our feet and we would have to
cast them aside and 60 back to the bag
ging. When I got to Mobile with a lot
Of the fellows we took quarters in a
warehouse. Theodore Hamilton was
playing 1.-The Wife" at the Mobile the
alter, and I scufaed around and got .
ticket. I went to the theater bare
headed and %barefooted and in my shirt
sleeves. I thought it was the best show
I ever saw. After the performance an
old man carried me home with him and
gave me a long tailed coat, a hat, and
a pair of shoes. When I got back to
the warehouse the boys tore the tails
off the coat, but she was q. double
breasted fellow and i stuck to her, l
looked like a jailbird with his tail
pulled out. '--AtlQntG Constitution.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

for Sagarden. No clods or Jumps should
be allowed on any field. One or two
harroWings Willnot always suffice. but
the soil should be narrowed inssevery
direction and until thoroughly fine.
The labor SO bestowed will be repaid il
the crop grown upon the field.
COOKERY.
Egg cakes-Chop hard boiled egg.
to a mince, mix with mashed potatoes,
and fry in small cakes to a crisp brown.
Imitation apple pie--Four teacupfuls
of water, six soda crackers, two cups Of
sugar, juice of two lemons and a rind
of ono .
New Potatoes-Put into a stewpan
q piece of butter rolled in flour, q gill
Of cream, pepper, salt, a little nut meg,
also the juice of half a lemon; stir these
over the fire until boiling; then add sli.
ces of freshly boiled new potatoes, and
after warming them up in the above
sauce, serve very hot.
Lion of Veal-this is best larded.
Have every joint thoroughly cut, and
between each one lay a slice of pork.
Have ready a hot CREASED pan. Lay
the joint in it, roast a fine brown so
that the upper sides of the pork will be
crisp, and seaso with pepper; the pork
will make it sufficiently salt. Serve
with mushroom sauce. -" n =
+. Spread Eagle-Prepare young, ten
der chickens for cooking. Cut off the
necks and legs and split them right
down through %lengthwise from breast
to back, only leading just enough to
hold the two sides together. Spread
them out on a board, dry the inside
with a cloth, spread them over with
cold butter, season .plentifully with
pepper salt and q little cayenne, anG
broil them quickly over a clear fire till
done, but not so much done as to be at
all dried up. Squeeze a drop of lemon
juice over and send to to table very hot.
Irish Stew-Slice some good potatoes
rather thickly and put a layer of them
in a stewpan; next slice down some
onions, and, if liked, turnips. Make a
layer of these, then a layer of mutton
USUALLY the best end of the neck cut in
to outlets, though for family use the
scrag is also used) ,rather highly season
ed; fill the pan in this way, finishing
up with a layer of p~otatoe; pour in
about a good tumblerful of cold water,
and when it boils add the salt. After
this it should only stew(not b%oil)until
the potatoes are done to a regular
mash. A good-sized dish generally
takes from two to two and a half hours
to cook properly. 1t must be served
very hot. ,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
sparrowsI and Frogs in Bcgmuda.

There are only two things, say the
natives, that prevent Bermuda from
being q positive paradise, and those
two things are sparroWs and frogs.
'sSome precious fool brought q
couple Of English sparrows down there
four or five years ago. Capt. James S.
Garvin, of the steamship Orinoco, re-
marked to a New York World reporter
q few days ago, "and now the whole
island is overrun with the pesky
things. They are driving out most Of
the birds that are native to the land
and the old inhabitants are very much
exercised over the thing. The govern
ment has offered u reward for the head
Of every sparrow that is brought in,
but l regret to say that the young
darkies, in consequence of the reward,
have taken to cu~ltivating the little
pests. ga -, s.
.'Then another COMPOUNDED fool
thought it would be a good idea to
populate the island with frogs, and he
brought a couple of them from Deme-
rara a few years ago. You would be
astonished to see the way those. frogs
have spread. They were thrown on
the beach and have p%ropagated both
ways for a considerable distance.
Month by month you can see, OF hear
rather, by their nightly croaking, the
way they are extending along the
coast. Every time I 60 down there I
a see that they have gone further
than they were when l was there the
last time. And they are tremendous
fellows, too; not like the frogs we see
hereabouts, but two OF three times as
big. 49,
''Of course neither the sparrows nor
the frogs are going to do the island
any material injury. They are simply
blots upon an otherwise perfect spot.
I don't believe there is any place in
this or any other country that can be-
gin to compare with Bermuda in the
matter of healthfulness. The climate
all the year round a beat that of any
other section of the globe. Nobody
ever wears an overcoat down there.
They don't need to. Just before 1 left
on my last trip 1 stood on the beach
and watched a few score of peoplcfrom
New York and this locality tumbling
in the surf. That was in the middle
Of February, mind you. I wish they
hadn't brought in those sparrows and
frogs though"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
Slight Acquaintence.,

1t is getting to be as dangerous to
talk to a clubman on a domestic matters
as it is to talk to an actor. The other
afternoon Jiggggs and Figgs were walk
ing down the avenue when a lady
passed them going up. She glanced 50
intently at them that Figgs was i'm.
mensly iattered. He expanded his
chest, brushed a speck of dust from
his paunch and said:
..Fine figure of q woman, old man,
ehp"
Jiggs assented.
"Reckon I caught it that time, ehp'''
continued Figgs.
''Think SOP" asked Jiggs, with a
queer look in his eye.
"Why notp" demanded Eggs. "Do
you knoWherp
n II used to-" replied Jiggs, nbefore
we were divorced"
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01
The Ivy.

Perhaps the most popular of all
house-plants is the Ivy, and its popu-
larity is well-deserved. We have moth
ing else that will flourish so well in a
dry atmosphere, and among dust and
the deleterious effects of gas from lights
and coal stoves. 1t seems to adapt it.
self to it's surroundings and circum-
stances, and to ''look at the best side
of everything thereby proving itself
to be a philosopher among plants. 1t
will grow in shady locations, seeming
to care nothing for sunshine, and on
this account it can be trailed about
pictures and along the ceiling, and it
always has such a cheerful look about
it that it soon comes to be regarded as
a friend and one of the family. 1t
ought not to be fastened to the wall,
but be suspended in such a way that it
can easily be taken down occasionally
for a washing. Dust should never be
allowed to accumulate on its leaves to
hide their beauty. The only insect
that troubles the Ivy is the ucale.
When this appears, every leaf and the
entire branches should be washed in
soap-suds, using a toothbrush to
loosen the insects hold on them. Aft
err giving it a thorough cleaning, syr-
inge we'll with clear water. Give this
attention twice year, and your Ivy
will not be likely to become badly in
tested with this enemy of most firm,
smooth-leaved plants. The best soil
for Ivies is ordinary garden loan and
sand with which a liberal quantity of
bone-meal is mixed. This fertilizer
seems to meet their wants better than
anything else. It makes them grow
rapidly, and their foliage becomes large
and healthy in color and texture. Most
persons "fuss' with their Ivies, and
complain that they cannot make them
grow. Give them bone-meal for food
and let them alone. save for the wash
ing, and you will have no reason to
complain. american Ag'1cultur1st.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

The cuckoo-cups are full Of rain, y
And little elves do battle there in,
The straddling spires o'beard-grass high
Swing back and forth till they be dry.
For motnworts bloom, and June is here,
The sweetest month Of all the year.
The fallow-hnches haunt the corn
With songs Of summers dead and gone,
So And every lass that's fair to view
Doth walk with fernseed in her shoe.
For Natures darling, June, is here,
The wooing month Of all the year.
-AxEL1E R1vEs, IN HARpEn's MAGAZINE FOB
JUNE, a..
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

Grass is the foundation Of success In
farming. It assists during the process
of rotation to improve the soil, and en-
ables more and better stock to be kept.
The farmer who succeeds in.securings !
good hay crop has won half the battle.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-01

,DTHERE r startling peace rumors
from Europe, This looks like war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-18
4 VERY FRESH TOICE

TIE TRIBUNE asserted day or Two MO that
"The Voice which now ycarns b, have n pro.
hibition amendment TO tho Constitution submitted
10 popular vote, pcrsstently laborcd Il. dcfca,
such an amendment later than last year
The Voice pronounccs this assertion "a ground.
less lie" groundlcss lie. CHI? Wa cali .rbo
Voice itself to the witness-box 10 make oo.,d
our words. Last spring it expressed ITSELF rs
follows:
We are charged with having discouraged tho friends n,
the effort pass the probibory Amendment re ,oimtion
through the New York Legislature and The Local on,,o
hill through the NrwJersey Legislature Jb;s ~. ~
ftue We may have discouraged them for wa ccr, ~ "a,
had little faith ourselves In either effort our Iack ~
usIiucd by repetition OF failure In each OF The two
cited We had uOrisof encouragement IN either 80
because II would nave hen false encouragement as In.
deed the showed We never either mn
in the slightest degree on the contrary we
ourselves unquaiedly In their favor but we did aoisg
opizc the trckery and intrigue OF which both niiss
latter more especially-wcre made the Occasion ~
II certainly does not lie in the mouth ~ 9Th,
Voice" to attempt TO impeach "1he Voice. own
confession. And certainly a newsponor ,,hio,
Processes 10 be nothing if not a prohibition adj
vocatc and at the same time had no word of on
enlargement for the friends OF the effort to mas.
n Prohibition amendment must necessarily bav.
persstently labored to defeat the amendment
since in view OF It's confession its plea .boh /,
mover antagonized7 the amendment Is seen II
be merely particularly stupid non sequit,r.
For lbs own sake "The Voice. would do well
to keep persistently silent in regard TO It's rcla
tions To the rohibitiOn amendment Of 1886 They
were the sort of relations that escape criticism
only they escape observation. When any ref
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-18

of superiority. Ship plans are marketable prop
erty and the lest one is worth tho most money
The Secretary took the cheapest. He did not
get tho BEST
The Secretary has, however. reason to offer
for his strange choice Of the plans Of inferior
speed which were rejected by Spain. He Gays
that the Thompsons' boat was out Of the qres-
tion, because It was too large in tonnage and
TOO expensive to come within the limits fixed
by statute. When the law under which the
Baltimore is building is examined We find that
il provides for vessels of not moro than 5000
tons displacement, of the highest practicable
speed, at limit Of cost Of 81. 10000. Tie
Baltimore, with displacement Of 400 tons,
is to cost 81, 1926, 600 or $301 IA per ton. The
Rcina Regente, with displacement OF 1880,
would have come within the limit Of tonnage.
and at the Baltimorc's rate per ton would have
cost less than S1,5COOOO The Secretary
reason for rejecting the superior design does
not therefore, appear to be good one. since
in displacement and cost the Thompsons' ship
comes within the limits fixed by the act OF
August 8, 1856. Moreover, tho Armstrong
design (thc Baltmore) was purchased long be-
fore the act referred to had been passed. so that
the limit of law ref rred to by him had not been
fixed by Congress. Tie Secretary thus stands
convicted on his own testimony Of having
made a very bad bargain in taflcking for
ENGLISH ideas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-18
PERSONAL.

Muokacsy il painting In Paris portrait OF Madamo
Minnie Hauk She is to be depicted In walking costume
and wearing wide-brlmmed GainsbOrough hat.an
article especially engaging in combination WIN 1no
prinsa donna's sparkling eyes and plquant iico'
On tho list of tho general committee on the Ma
tonal Memorial to the late Earl OF Iddcslegh are 10
be observed the names Of the Duke OF Richmond tne
Maruuises of Salisbury, Rp0n and Harrington inc
Earis of Carnarvon Derby. Spencer, Kimberley enn'
Vile. Northbrook and Selbone Lord John Manners
rnrd George Hamilton. Lord Crantrook Lord Cross,
Lord Herschell Lord Hak6ury LORI Asn W ira
NJ Hicks Beach, Sir g o. Treyeyan, sr n "; ". hSr
Court and Messrs. Matthews, GOschen, Shuderss ~,
" Smith Chamberlain. Campbell Banncrman, shaw
Lefevro and Arthur Balfour. But Nh Gladstones -
conspicuOusy absent r. o. l.i. 'i.' % '-' p '.
Herr Won plelchrosder, the great German banker,
Ia described by writer In tho Paris Fyencment as
a man OF small stature, quite gray with long hair
eured over his ears His chin Is clean snived' Dus
bis long yhskers meet the mustache. He lie evidently
growing Dbl and the lenske glasses OF his blue spec
ecJes sbow that his sight might be better ITO Is
soft perhaps unctuOus in speech. frequently uses tho
"savez vous" OF the Belgnns, ana addresses ono %
"Mon bon Monsieur" evidently an habltuai pnrasc'
It IL expected that tho Rev. DR.. J. Allen MAXWELL
of Titusvlle. Penn, win presently accept eau I'd
the First Congregations Church OF Danbury, Conn.,
a strong organization now nearly 600 years old The
health OF Mrs. Maxwell IL OF the chief causes tna'
will lead him to make tho change'
One OF the last sentences uttered by the latc Dr.
Richard Caulfeh OF Cork. tho eminent antiquarian,
Mr. Niebaus's statue Of Ex-Governor Alen, OF Ohio.
which is to be placed In the Capitol at washington
ia finished at Rome IT Is feet high, and rep
rcsents Its subject standing his right hand neryousiy
clutcbrg his coat-lappel and his lett graspihs
roll Of manuscript.
Johc Comedian Dcane. whose death at Naples has
Teen announced was ono OF the orglnators OF the
CRYSTAL Palace and Alexandra Park, London and sew
era great international exhibitions He was also as,o
cated with the early promoters OF the Atlantic caoie
Ex-senator and Rcprescntative-elect Buckalew. Oh
pcnnsylvania il sa DO strongly urging the Pres-
dent to mako Mr. "Sam" Josephs United states mar
snail for Philadelphia.
Cardinal Newman received many gifts and con-
ordinations on his recent eghty-sixth birthday an
niversary.
Tho Rev John W. Chadwick Of Brooklyn, VIII sail
for Europe on May 10, intending to spend two weeks
In England two weeks in France, two weeks In the
Low Countries three weeks In Germany, three Weeks
i'm switzerland, n month or moro In ltaly, anu Dc
back in his pulpit again on November ~
Tai Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-18
A RID R1RGaIN.
taken.

The dismissals from the Plymouth Navy Yard
have accomplished a useful purpose at Wash
ington. Secretary Whitney has made an OK
plcit statement respecting his purchases OF
naval designs in England. He first bought a
complete set of plans OF the Naniwa-Kan and
subs equcntly later design (known as No. ~
by tho same naval architect, Mr.. White, now
Chief Constructor for the Admiralty, but then
in tho employ Of Sir William Armstrong a
Co. This design had been offered TO the Span
jsh Government, but lad not been accepted,
another design presented by tile ThOmpsons
having been preferred. For the sake OF deli
ntcncss we may stale that the duplicate Man.
iwa-Kan is the Charleston now building IN
san Francisco; "NO. 27' is the Baltimore,
which the Cramps arc to build in Philadelphia,
and the Spanish ship is the kcina Rcgcnte'
now building in the Ihompsons' yard. Score
tary Whitney states that he might have pur-
chased the designs of the Rcina Rcgente Tor
$50 600, but that lle preferred to get the other
two designs for 49,, 600, which was the amount
actually paid to Mr. White Tor the Armstrong;.
As our readers can bear witness VIC have never
favored the purchase Of foreign designs. but
have considered American engineers compe-
tent To- design and American sbipbuildcrs able
10 construct the fastest cruisers in the world.
Waving this point, we simply desire to in
oure whether the Secretary from his own point
of view made good bargain.
At first sight he seems 10 have acted shcwd-
w. for he got two designs for $4,000, whereas
$50. 600 was asked for the Spanish plans which
he declined. Tho number OF designs, how
over was unimportant since he could have
built any number Of cruisers after the model of
the Rcina Regente. if it had been accepted.
Tic question of cost moreover, was inmate
rial since he could well have afforded TO expend
8. {, 900 moro for superior plans. HIS idea in
purchasing designs, he says, was to lay before
American experts "thc very latest improve
mcnt in the way Of fast cruiser" The
Mompsons guaranteed twenty knots for their
vessel; Mr.. White guaranteed nineteen knots
for one of his designs. Why did the Score
etary choose designs Of inferior guaranteed
speed The Rcina Regentc was the fastest
cruiser ever designed for any government.
The fact that $4,000 was asked for the de-
signs. whereas the Armstrong; were willing TO
take $35, 900 for two sets of plans, was proof